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SELENE

(Selenological and Engineering Explorer, Kaguya)
(2007-2008 Japanese lunar probe)

SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer or Kaguya) was a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spacecraft that orbited the Moon from 2007 to the beginning of 2009 when it impacted the surface, as per instructions. The spacecraft included imagers and altimeters/sounders, used to study the lunar surface in detail. Instruments:


(spacecraft,JAXA,Moon,past)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SELENE
https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/missions/spacecraft/past/kaguya.html
https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/selene
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ESASP.462..115N/abstract

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